25Demand for surrender of debtor’s Australian travel document

25 Demand for surrender of debtor’s Australian travel document

(1) An officer may demand that a person surrender an Australian travel document to the officer if the officer suspects on reasonable grounds that the person owes money to the Commonwealth in respect of: (a) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth on behalf of the person in a foreign country; or (b) money lent to the person by the Commonwealth when the person was outside Australia; or (c) expenses incurred by the Commonwealth in, or in connection with, effecting the person’s departure from a foreign country. (2) A person commits an offence if: (a) an officer demands under subsection (1) that the person surrender the person’s Australian travel document; and (b) the officer informs the person that the officer is authorised to make the demand; and (c) the officer informs the person that it may be an offence not to comply with the demand; and (d) the person has possession or control of the document; and (e) the person fails to surrender the document to the officer immediately.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 1 year or 20 penalty units, or both.